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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="cairo-XLib-XRender-Backend.top_of_page"></a>XLib-XRender Backend</span></h2>
<p>XLib-XRender Backend — X Window System rendering using XLib and the X Render extension</p>
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<a name="cairo-XLib-XRender-Backend.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="returnvalue">cairo_surface_t</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="cairo-XLib-XRender-Backend.html#cairo-xlib-surface-create-with-xrender-format" title="cairo_xlib_surface_create_with_xrender_format ()">cairo_xlib_surface_create_with_xrender_format</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">XRenderPictFormat</span> *
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<td class="define_keyword">#define</td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="cairo-XLib-XRender-Backend.html#CAIRO-HAS-XLIB-XRENDER-SURFACE:CAPS" title="CAIRO_HAS_XLIB_XRENDER_SURFACE">CAIRO_HAS_XLIB_XRENDER_SURFACE</a></td>
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<a name="cairo-XLib-XRender-Backend.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>The XLib surface is used to render cairo graphics to X Window System
windows and pixmaps using the XLib and Xrender libraries.</p>
<p>Note that the XLib surface automatically takes advantage of X Render extension
if it is available.</p>
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<a name="cairo-xlib-surface-create-with-xrender-format"></a><h3>cairo_xlib_surface_create_with_xrender_format ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="returnvalue">cairo_surface_t</span></a> *
cairo_xlib_surface_create_with_xrender_format
                               (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">Display</span> *dpy</code></em>,
                                <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">Drawable</span> drawable</code></em>,
                                <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">Screen</span> *screen</code></em>,
                                <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">XRenderPictFormat</span> *format</code></em>,
                                <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> width</code></em>,
                                <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> height</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Creates an Xlib surface that draws to the given drawable.
The way that colors are represented in the drawable is specified
by the provided picture format.</p>
<p>Note: If <em class="parameter"><code>drawable</code></em>
 is a Window, then the function
<a class="link" href="cairo-XLib-Surfaces.html#cairo-xlib-surface-set-size" title="cairo_xlib_surface_set_size ()"><code class="function">cairo_xlib_surface_set_size()</code></a> must be called whenever the size of the
window changes.</p>
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<td class="parameter_description"><p>an X Display</p></td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>drawable</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>an X Drawable, (a Pixmap or a Window)</p></td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>screen</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the X Screen associated with <em class="parameter"><code>drawable</code></em>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>format</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the picture format to use for drawing to <em class="parameter"><code>drawable</code></em>
. The depth
of <em class="parameter"><code>format</code></em>
must match the depth of the drawable.</p></td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>width</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the current width of <em class="parameter"><code>drawable</code></em>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>height</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the current height of <em class="parameter"><code>drawable</code></em>
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<a name="cairo-xlib-surface-create-with-xrender-format.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> the newly created surface</p>
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<p class="since">Since: 1.0</p>
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<a name="cairo-xlib-surface-get-xrender-format"></a><h3>cairo_xlib_surface_get_xrender_format ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">XRenderPictFormat</span> *
cairo_xlib_surface_get_xrender_format (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="type">cairo_surface_t</span></a> *surface</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Gets the X Render picture format that <em class="parameter"><code>surface</code></em>
 uses for rendering with the
X Render extension. If the surface was created by
<a class="link" href="cairo-XLib-XRender-Backend.html#cairo-xlib-surface-create-with-xrender-format" title="cairo_xlib_surface_create_with_xrender_format ()"><code class="function">cairo_xlib_surface_create_with_xrender_format()</code></a> originally, the return
value is the format passed to that constructor.</p>
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<td class="parameter_description"><p>an xlib surface</p></td>
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<a name="cairo-xlib-surface-get-xrender-format.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> the XRenderPictFormat* associated with <em class="parameter"><code>surface</code></em>
,
or <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> if the surface is not an xlib surface
or if the X Render extension is not available.</p>
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<p class="since">Since: 1.6</p>
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<a name="CAIRO-HAS-XLIB-XRENDER-SURFACE:CAPS"></a><h3>CAIRO_HAS_XLIB_XRENDER_SURFACE</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define CAIRO_HAS_XLIB_XRENDER_SURFACE 1
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<p>Defined if the XLib/XRender surface functions are available.
This macro can be used to conditionally compile backend-specific code.</p>
<p class="since">Since: 1.6</p>
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<p><a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="type">cairo_surface_t</span></a></p>
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